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Support Spice Kitchen entrepreneurs!

August 7, 2017

This summer, you will have plenty of opportunities to support refugee entrepreneurs who have started their own businesses and are striving to achieve their dreams with the help of our Spice Kitchen Incubator program. Entrepreneurs will be selling delectable treats and tasty entrees at a farmers market near you!

Spice Kitchen Incubator entrepreneurs sell entrees and appetizers at World Refugee Day in June 2016.

Photo: Spice Kitchen Incubator

Wasatch Front Farmers Market at Gardner's Village

Location:

Gardner Village
1100 West 7800 South
West Jordan, UT

Market timing:

Saturdays, July 8th to October 28th from 9am to 1pm

Spice Kitchen entrepreneurs at the market:

Chef Karine, originally from Armenia, tops her steaming baked potatoes with things like lox and cream cheese or fried eggplant cooked with traditional Georgian spices. She is also in the process of widening her menu to include breakfast options and desserts.

Wasatch Front Farmers Market at Wheeler Farm

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Spice Kitchen entrepreneurs at the market:

Chef Karine, originally from Armenia, tops her steaming baked potatoes with things like lox and cream cheese or fried eggplant cooked with traditional Georgian spices. She is also in the process of widening her menu to include breakfast options and desserts.

Chef Najati, a former refugee from Somalia, learned to cook at age 14 with her mother. She serves authentic Somali and Swahili family recipes and recommends trying the chapatti coconut beans and the tuna sambusa.

Sugarhouse Farmers Market

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Spice Kitchen entrepreneurs at the market:

Chef Kaltum arrived in Utah from Sudan in 2013. She wants to share her culinary traditions with all of Utah; the recent purchase of her food truck will greatly help her with her dreams. Kaltum’s menus usually consist of sambusa, falafel, rice, chicken and vegetables.

Liberty Park Market

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Spice Kitchen entrepreneurs at the market:

Chef Kaltum arrived in Utah from Sudan in 2013. She wants to share her culinary traditions with all of Utah; the recent purchase of her food truck will greatly help her with her dreams. Kaltum’s menus usually consist of sambusa, falafel, rice, chicken and vegetables.